Legal Opinion

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Townsend

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 1960PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tomlinson

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which is the insurance carrier of Mrs. Townsend’s employer, Saint Mary’s Hospital at Humboldt, appeals from the finding and resulting judgment of the Circuit Judge that Mrs. Townsend is entitled to an award under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for a 75% permanent disability to her body as a whole because the injury which she received has incapacitated her permanently “from following her usual vocation as a nurse’s aide, or in any other endeavor that requires her to be on her feet for any length of time ’ ’. She is not trained or equipped for any…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Claude Henninger Company v. BentleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Hooper v. Young Sales Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. PattersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  5. M. B. McMahan Lumber Co. v. OwnbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1950

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Shores v. ShoresTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  2. American Surety Company v. KizerTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Ware v. United States Steel Corp.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1976
  4. General Guaranty Insurance v. ScudgintonTennessee Supreme Court · 1964

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